| Run |
| Frank |
| Guide |
| Manage |
| Candid |
| Nonstop |
| Oversee |
| Conduct |
| Control |
| Lead ___ |
| Administer |
| Plain-spoken |
| Run the show |
| Straight-___ |
| Helm a movie |
| Face-to-face |
| Show the way |
| Credit (anag) |
| Emulate Kazan |
| Emulate Lumet |
| Point the way |
| Give orders to |
| Not meandering |
| Oversee actors |
| Set the scene? |
| Sans stopovers |
| Not roundabout |
| Straightforward |
| Kind of current |
| What helmers do |
| Call the shots? |
| Emulate Scorsese |
| Person-to-person |
| Tell to turn, say |
| As the crow flies |
| Emulate Spielberg |
| In a straight line |
| Lead the orchestra |
| Like some currents |
| Emulate Woody Allen |
| Emulate Delbert Mann |
| Emulate Mike Nichols |
| By the shortest route |
| Emulate Otto Preminger |
| Like the fastest route |
| Tell actors how to act |
| Tell others how to act |
| Emulate Elliott Nugent. |
| Credit (anag) — steer |
| Straight from the source |
| Without stops or detours |
| What Forman and Huston do |
| Without stopping en route |
| Type of object, in grammar |
| Be in charge of a movie set |
| Kind of current or evidence |
| Not beating around the bush |
| Show where to go — straight |
| Lacking a stopover, as a flight |
| What boss of video shoot will do |
| Without any layovers, like some flights |